Cyrus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The etymology of the name Cyrus is uncertain
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/saɪɹəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cyrus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 10K
- USUnited States1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 417 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈43,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The etymology of the name Cyrus is uncertain. Ancient Greek authors associated it with the word for 'sun', but modern scholarship suggests it derives from the Old Persian 'Kūruš,' which has been variously interpreted as 'the humiliator' (of the enemy), 'young', or from an Elamite origin meaning 'he who bestows care'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cyrus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Cyrus | 24 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Cyrus | 26 |
| US United States | — | 17,992 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Cyrus | 417 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Cyrus | 98 |
| HK Hong Kong | #195 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Cyrus | 60 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Cyrus | 42 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cyrus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin with a powerful and historic legacy. In the Bible, Cyrus the Great is celebrated as the noble king who freed the Jewish people from captivity and helped them rebuild their Temple. The name carries connotations of leadership, vision, and benevolence.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Persian; of the Persian Empire; from the name of the founder Cyrus
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In English, Persian: name of the founder of the Persian Empire.
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In English, From the Persian empire; from the name Cyrus.
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In English, Name of the founder of the Persian Empire
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cyrus the Greatb. 600IRfounder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
- Cyrus McCormickb. 1809USAmerican inventor and businessman (1809–1884)
- Cyrus West Fieldb. 1819USAmerican businessman (1819–1892)
- Cyrus Scofieldb. 1843USAmerican theologian, minister and writer (1843-1921)
- Cyrus Eatonb. 1883CAAmerican businessman (1883–1979)
- Jean Rostandb. 1894FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer (1894–1977)
- Cyrus Vanceb. 1917USUnited States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980 (1917–2002)
- Cyrus Christieb. 1992GBIrish footballer (born 1992)
- Cyrus Arnoldb. 2003USAmerican actor
- Cyrus IIRthird king of the Achaemenid kingdom (625–580 BC)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 77 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18K | #1,715 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 113 | #1,715 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 12 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cyrus mean, and where does it come from?
- The etymology of the name Cyrus is uncertain. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Cyrus a male or female name?
- Cyrus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Cyrus?
- In the etymology graph, Ciro, Kourosh and Kurosh are forms of the same name in other languages; Cy is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Cyrus?
- A machine transcription gives /saɪɹəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Cyrus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Cyrus in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cyrus.
- How common is the name Cyrus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 17,992 people named Cyrus in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Cyrus compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Cyrus is the 195th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Cyrus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cyrusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cyrus” — the 195th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.